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...argue would bisect the most important beluga whale habitat in Cook Inlet. Brad Smith, a biologist with NMFS? ProtectedResource Division, said the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act tend to overlap. For instance...

...to begin tracking the whales by satellite to find where they go in winter, said Michael Payne, director of the protectedresources division for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Alaska. In another development that gives even more urgency...

...he said. "We may or may not adopt any of those recommendations." Barbara Mahoney of the fisheries service protectedresources division said that the public comments are not votes. It isn't a popularity contest. "The public comments...

...this century, and that these changes will likely cause these seal populations to decline," said Jon Kurland, protectedresources director for NOAA Fisheries' Alaska region.Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell late Friday called the science behind the...